LEADER 02590nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910824968003321 005 20240516113002.0 010 $a1-60938-051-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000046911 035 $a(EBL)843304 035 $a(OCoLC)754794536 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000533931 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11352207 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533931 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10493144 035 $a(PQKB)10520727 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843304 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16008 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843304 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10498109 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000046911 100 $a20110401d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican idyll $eacademic antielitism as cultural critique /$fCatherine Liu 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60938-050-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: populist idylls, cultural politics -- The problem with the meritocracy -- Ordinary Americans, average students -- The curious cult of religious practicality -- Against all experts: no experience necessary -- The new age of cultural studies: crisis in the PMC -- Conclusion. 330 $a A trenchant critique of failure and opportunism across the political spectrum, American Idyll argues that social mobility, once a revered hallmark of American society, has ebbed, as higher education has become a mechanistic process for efficient sorting that has more to do with class formation than anything else. Academic freedom and aesthetic education are reserved for high-scoring, privileged students and vocational education is the only option for economically marginal ones.Throughout most of American history, antielitist sentiment was reserved for attacks aga 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zUnited States 606 $aIntellectuals$zUnited States 606 $aEducation, Higher$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y20th century 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 0$aIntellectuals 615 0$aEducation, Higher 676 $a305.5/52097309045 700 $aLiu$b Catherine$01106902 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824968003321 996 $aAmerican idyll$94046628 997 $aUNINA